Avalanche forecast

Aspen

Colorado Avalanche Information Center
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Avalanche danger

Sat
Sun
Alpine
3 · Considerable
Treeline
3 · Considerable
Below
2 · Moderate
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Avalanche problems

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Likely
    Size
    2–3

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Possible
    Size
    1–2

Avalanche Summary

The snowpack is slowly, and erratically adjusting to the weight of recently wind-drifted snow. Thursday a few natural avalanches ran on freshly-drifted slopes with shallower-than-average snowpack depths. Over the last two days, a few very large avalanches broke deeply into the snowpack. If you trigger a slide in the recently drifted snow, once in motion it can step down into the deeper buried weak layers. Lower-angle slopes and wind-sheltered terrain offer safer travel options.

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